Reviews with content warning for Child abuse - Jak Moon Fuentez zakochała się we wszechświecie

Rep: Columbian mc, Fat mc, disabled mc, sapphic side character

This book gets dark, but you almost don't notice it is until you're explaining it to your friend at 11 pm and stop and realize how fucked up the plot actually is

The inner monolog of Moon, the main character, is insightful at the best of times and annoying at the worst. She is highly self-critical, and goes through the same character arc multiple times. Weirdly enough, in the context of this book that's not a criticism.

While I was often annoyed by Moon and her insistent self hatred, I found it frustratingly realistic. Her body image issues and her sexuality were handled well, though did get repetitive.

This book really excelled in its discussion of the darker topics it portrayed. The abuse Moon suffered felt fleshed-out and unfortunately very real. The religious trauma was also portrayed very well. I won't spoil every topic, but for each one the author took care to be accurate.

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3.0

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I thought the language is this book was really beautiful and the way the author describes scenes made you melt into them.

In the beginning, the Santiago and Moon relationship and 'nemesis' aspect in particualr seemed a bit forced and sometimes it was annoying to read.

Parts of this book read straight like a wattpad fanfiction- so if thats what you're into go for it- but still managed to weave in plots with deeper meanings than what they let on.

About the main relationship, I have a few thoughts.

Santiago in the beginning was so annoyingly stoic and emo. While I understand the reasoning, it made for a boring beginning. And then when he did the bare minimum, such as saying Moon isn't a slut, or not yelling at her more, Moon was so head over heels. When all you've experienced is being shit on it makes sense why she would fall for him, but personally if I was in her situation I would be too stubborn and hold a grudge. Maybe that's my grief.
At the climax of the novel when Santiago ran off so quickly after listening to Star, I was a bit confused and annoyed. Obviously this doesn't last for long because he apoloizes and blah blah blah. Their relationship was fine, I didn't hate it but I didn't love it either.

All in all I enjoyed reading this book, the exposition was slightly slow but the middle and end definitely made up for it. I related a lot to some of the things Moon was going through and also with her love of flowers, so it was enjoyable to see those in print for others to enjoy. I was glad to see a happy ending.

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emotional slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book snuck up on me. In the beginning, I wasn't quite hooked into the story, but the characters are what pulled me into it. By the end, you're rooting for them to make it, for Moon and her sister Star to get out of a toxic situation. I do think the book didn't quite have to be this long, but it was still so heartbreaking. By the time I got to the second half of the story, I couldn't put this book down.

There's a lot of great diversity in this book as well. Moon and Santiago have the best chemistry, and the side characters were just as fleshed out as the main ones. Definitely worthy of all the praise it has been getting!

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